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The case of the Pope : Vatican accountability for human rights abuse / Geoffrey Robertson.
Author
Robertson, Geoffrey
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Language
English
Published/Created
London ; New York : Penguin, 2010.
Description
ix, 228 p. ; 20 cm.
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Firestone Library - Stacks
KBU3764.5 .R63 2010
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Child sexual abuse by clergy (Canon law)
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Sex crimes (Canon law)
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Privileges and immunities, Ecclesiastical
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Human rights
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Religious aspects
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Catholic Church
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Vatican
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Benedict XVI Pope 1927-2022
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Series
Penguin special
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THE CASE OF THE POPE delivers a devastating indictment of the way the Vatican has run a secret legal system that shields paedophile priests from criminal trial around the world. Is the Pope morally or legally responsible for the negligence that has allowed so many terrible crimes to go unpunished? Should he and his seat of power, the Holy See, continue to enjoy an immunity that places them above the law? Geoffrey Robertson QC, a distinguished human rights lawyer and judge, evinces a deep respect for the good works of Catholics and their church. But, he argues, unless Pope Benedict XVI can divest himself of the beguilements of statehood and devotion to obsolescent canon law, the Vatican will remain a serious enemy to the advance of human rights. -- Back cover.
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"A Penguin special."
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Includes bibliographical references.
Contents
1. Suffer the little children --- 2. Sins of the fathers --- 3. Canon Law --- 4. The Lateran Treaty --- 5. The Statehood Test --- 6. The Holy See and the United Nations --- 7. The Convention on the Rights of the Child --- 8. A case to answer? --- 9. Crimes against humanity --- 10. Can the Pope be sued? --- 11. Reflections ---- Appendixes.
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9780241953846 ((pbk.))
0241953847 ((pbk.))
OCLC
657205764
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